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Athletics Update with Jeff Barber

With the winter sports season now completed, Liberty Flames Sports Network reporter Nick Pierce recently had a chance to get an athletics update from Director of Athletics Jeff Barber.

During the interview, Pierce and Barber touched on a variety of topics, beginning with the challenging non-conference schedule Liberty's baseball program is facing. Yesterday, the Flames hosted No. 12 Virginia at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the second nationally ranked ACC opponent to travel to Lynchburg.

Barber also discussed the addition of Southern Illinois to Liberty's 2015 football schedule and Liberty's recent trip to Chapel Hill, N.C., for the Lady Flames' NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament matchup against North Carolina.

Finally, he provided an update on the men's basketball coaching search, as well as, commented on the opening of the new Liberty Softball Stadium and the success of Liberty's men's and women's tennis teams this spring.